Archbishop Joseph Đặng Đức Ngân of the Archdiocese of Huế, central Vietnam, was among the 54 newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world who received the Pallium from Pope Leo XIV on June 29.
The rite took place at St. Peter’s Basilica during the solemn Eucharistic celebration honoring Saints Peter and Paul.
Following the Holy Father’s homily, Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, Protodeacon of the College of Cardinals, formally petitioned the Pope to bestow the Pallium on the new archbishops.
Each of the 54 archbishops then professed an oath of fidelity to the Catholic Church and to the Holy Father.
Pope Leo XIV blessed the Pallia and individually vested each archbishop, who knelt before him to receive the symbolic woolen band placed over their shoulders.
The newly appointed metropolitans represented 27 countries, including 8 from the United States; 5 from Brazil; 4 each from Venezuela, India, Mexico, and Ivory Coast; 3 each from Italy, Poland, and Argentina; and one archbishop each from 17 other countries.
The Pallium symbolizes the archbishop’s pastoral authority and unity with the Pope and is traditionally conferred on new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.
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